Game-Winners
In addition to their sporting talents, Harvard’s student-athletes have a knack for games on the Cambridge side of the Charles River.
Sports
The Team for Life Returns
Harvard boasts 42 nation-leading Division I intercollegiate sports teams. Roughly one-fifth of undergraduates are varsity athletes, and almost 80% participate in some form of athletics on campus. This fall, after 17 months without Ivy League athletics, The Crimson will once again participate in competitions. Despite the prolonged absence of competition and on-campus training, many student-athletes […]
Weight-Room Madness
Pictures comparing the vastly different weight rooms for the men and women basketball players at the NCAA’s March Madness Tournaments recently sparked controversy. Here’s how I imagine a few potential scenarios that led to this difference, ranked from least likely to most likely: #1: Some of the athletes in the women’s tournament advocated for there […]
Meet McDermott
Erin McDermott had big shoes to fill when she took the position as the John D. Nichols ’53 Director of Athletics in May 2020. She replaced Robert L. Scalise, who had held the position since 2001. But the Hofstra University basketball star was unfazed. For the nine years before stepping into her Harvard role, McDermott […]
Counter/Point: Cancelling Spring Sports
On February 18, 2021, the Ivy League Council of Presidents announced that the Ivy League “would not conduct conference seasons or conference postseason events in any spring sports.” If public health conditions “significantly improve and if permitted by an institution, local non-conference competition may be allowed,” according to the joint statement released by the Council. […]
Counter/Point: Cancelling Spring Sports
The Ivy League’s recent decision to cancel spring sports has doused the hopes of student-athletes, who have now been unable to compete for four athletics seasons due to the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 continues to be a potent disruptor in the lives of student-athletes. The gathering, sweating, and physical contact inherent to athletic competition certainly are […]
Competing with Covid
Practice social distancing. Limit in-person contact. Zoom as much as you can. For the past year, health experts have advised us to fly solo. But for those who have spent the greater part of their lives on a team—such as Harvard’s varsity athletes—the concept of self-isolation has proven exceptionally difficult. In the fall, the College […]
Between Walls, Beyond Borders
Harvard is competitive. There are sixteen hundred students in your year, give or take, each of whom could potentially be a rival for a coveted internship, fellowship, or job. Every fall, the top five percent of students, based on last year’s GPA, are honored as John Harvard Scholars. Even the clubs are often either exclusive, […]
Victories for Harvard Athletics
Victories for Harvard Athletics Both the men’s squash and men’s swimming & diving teams bring home championship titles By LIZZIE GUMMER College Squash Association National Collegiate Men’s Team Championships On the final day of the Potter Cup, the men’s squash National Championships, Samuel Scherl ‘21 and Adam Corcoran ‘21 kept the […]